A Buri Ram mother is breathing a sigh of relief after an elderly man accused of molesting her daughter, and who also molested herself as a young child, took his own life rather than face the law.
B, originally from Ban Dan district, complained to local police after her daughter, A, aged 11, sent her a Line message revealing a neighbour, Luan, 72, had molested her over the past two years.
B works in Nakhon Ratchasima but came back to comfort her daughter and lay a police complaint after hearing the news.
A, who lives with her great-grandmother in the district, had long kept the abuse from her mother, as the old man had threatened to harm her if she said anything. It came to light after A was admitted to hospital for a stomach complaint and the doctor noticed cut marks along her left arm.
Under questioning, the girl admitted she inflicted self-harm by slashing her arm…
